Echinotheridion
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Echinotheridion
| authority = Levi, 1963
| type_species = E. cartum
| type_species_authority = Levi, 1963
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 9, see text
}}
Echinotheridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963.{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1963| title=American spiders of the genus Achaearanea and the new genus Echinotheridion (Araneae, Theridiidae)| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| pages=187–240| volume=129| author-link=Herbert Walter Levi}}
Species
{{as of|2020|05}} it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of E. gibberosum, found on Madeira and the Canary Islands.:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Echinotheridion Levi, 1963| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2020-06-19| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3478| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Echinotheridion andresito Ramírez & González, 1999 – Brazil, Argentina
- Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1963 (type) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Echinotheridion elicolum Levi, 1963 – Venezuela
- Echinotheridion gibberosum (Kulczyński, 1899) – Madeira, Canary Is.
- Echinotheridion levii Ramírez & González, 1999 – Brazil
- Echinotheridion lirum Marques & Buckup, 1989 – Brazil
- Echinotheridion otlum Levi, 1963 – Ecuador
- Echinotheridion urarum Buckup & Marques, 1989 – Brazil
- Echinotheridion utibile (Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil
Formerly included:
- E. pseudogibberosum (Schmidt, 1973) (Transferred to Tidarren)
See also
References
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Category:Spiders of South America
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